We spent Harvest Day/Thanksgiving snorkeling at Kealakekua Bay in a Hawaiian town called Captain Cook. I could tell Shea was excited. He took some footage on the way there.

The best snorkeling is near a monument where Captain Cook was killed by a Hawaiian chieftain after the locals had welcomed his crew with food and gifts.

Cook and his crew apparently returned the favor by accusing the locals of stealing a boat and then trying to capture their chief. Shea calls it a story of thanks and giving, so he took the opportunity to “dance” on the grave of a colonizer.

I took a video of Shea diving from the boat waving back at me, although I honestly wasn’t sure if that was him when I shot it.

Shea later found a picture of the monument with highly hilarious graffiti which made me laugh very loudly when I first saw it posted by him, and he didn’t even realize what was written in. Read carefully!

Technically he was not allowed to get up on the land from the water access without a permit, but he is a very accomplished swimmer and snorkeler. I was impressed. I snorkeled, but I was much more about relaxing in the water and taking in the goats on the hill, the ancient caves that were made by indigenous Hawaiians on the side of the cliff, and the general serenity of the cove we were in.

Anyone who knows me knows that my whole life I have loved being on the water, in the water, and on boats.

After a long day on a boat and in the car, Shea took some more footage on the drive back.